No Goodbyes

Chapter 7

Carrying on from the last part

Jay led Abi into the front room and onto the sofa, still both entangled in a passionate kiss they began to tear each other's clothes off. Just as Abi cardigan fell to the floor Jay went to hold her lower arm and she winced, he looked down at her arms and saw the bruises scattered along them, Jay looked back up at Abi and saw the anxiety draped across her pained expression. She sat up pushing him gently off her; they sat in silence for a while until Jay spoke, "Abi-" before he was cut off.

"I forgot about JJ!" She said rapidly. "Can you go check on him; he's probably scared, seeing his Dad all blood covered like that…" She trailed off.

"Abi, William's not his Dad anymore; he doesn't deserve to be, okay?" He asked her reassuringly and she nodded before telling Jay where JJ bedroom is.

Jay walked up the winding stairs and knocked on JJ's door, when he got no answer he attempted to open the door only for it to be blocked, Jay was confused. "Go away please" said a little voice from behind the door.

"JJ, are you okay in there bud?" Jay replied before slouching down onto the floor and leaning against his son's bedroom door. Jay heard a whimpering coming from the other side it "Is this about William, your other Daddy?" Calling William his son's Dad made him feel almost sick.

He heard the cries increase before they stopped and JJ lied "No, I don't want to talk, please go away."

Jay heard that he wasn't getting anywhere so he decided to change the topic, "I heard you like Doctor Who."

The mentions of his favourite TV show suddenly caught JJ's attention, "Yeah, it's my favouriteist." He said intrigued.

Jay smirked as his heard JJ's made up word. "Do you have a favourite alien?" He asked.

"Yep, I have cards and figures as well!" JJ replied.

"Can you let me in? Show me all of your Doctor Who things?" Jay said anxiously, afraid that JJ may reject his offer.

Jay heard a rustling from behind the door before JJ opened it, he lead Jay into his room showing him the figurines lined up neatly. "This one's my favourite, it's a-"

"Dalek" Jay said confidently before smiling at JJ, JJ smiled back.

It had felt like hours that the father and son were playing with the toys but in reality, it was only minutes.

"Daddy bought this for me for Christmas" JJ smiled as he held up a red Dalek but something clicked in his head and he frowned and began to rub his forearm.

Jay looked at his son confused. "JJ? What's happened?" He said fearful.

JJ stared at Jay not sure what to do, he reluctantly rolled up his short sleeve revealing the extremely apparent bruises, very similar to Abi's.

"Did your Daddy do this?" Jay asked as he carefully rubbed his thumb on JJ's bruises to soothe them.

JJ nodded. "I shouldn't have told him that I was going to stay with you, it was a secret, but he doesn't usually hurt me, its Mummy he hurts the most, and it's my fault." JJ began to cry uncontrollably before Jay brought him in for a cuddle.

"Don't you ever think that it's your fault okay? It's not yours or Mummy's it's that horrible man, but he's gone now so you don't have to worry anymore little man." Jay said a mixture of anger and sadness pulsing through his veins.

"Where's he gone? Is he coming back?" JJ asked concerned.

Jay took a deep breath and said, "Forget about him, I'm your Daddy now, and I'm gunna look after you and your Mummy forever."

"You promise?" spoke JJ, still shaking in Jay's arms.

He looked down at his son and said, "I promise."

After putting JJ to bed Jay went downstairs to see Abi. As he walked into the front room he found Abi with her head in her hands crying hysterically. Jay quickly ran to her side and asked worried, "Abs, what's up?"

"It's all a mess." She said through her tears.

"What is?" Jay questioned confused.

"Did I do the right thing?" Jay looked at her bewildered "With William, I mean he is my husband and-"

Jay cut her off, "He hit you Abi!" he said bluntly, Abi looked at him, her tears almost blubbing back up to the surface of her eyes. Jay perched himself next to her on the sofa and wrapped his arm around her and brought her head into his chest.

"He wasn't like that when I first met him." She began, "He was kind and smart, and I thought any man who can bring up a child that's not his is a million to one." Jay gritted his teeth; afraid that he would upset her further he decided not to tell her what William had done to JJ.

"Forget about him Abi. Seriously, just forget about him." Jay spoke with anger burning through his words; Abi could sense this so she decided to change the subject.

"You never did tell me why you look so ill." She said sharply, wanting to finally get a straight answer.

Jay looked down into her eyes and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter."

"Jay I want to know, no matter how bad it is, just tell me." Abi said annoyed.

Jay sat Abi up and looked back into her eyes, "Look, it's bad, and I don't want you getting upset by it, if you want me to tell you, I will but please, don't be angry at me Abi."

"I promise, I won't be, just please Jay" She begged.

Jay inhaled a sharp breath and said, "It was 4 years ago, you had already been gone for a year and I was struggling, I didn't know what to do, I was so alone." Abi began to get concerned. "Then one day, I was drunk and walking through these streets in a rough area, it was dark, this man came up to me and asked if I wanted any happy powder, I had no idea he meant, really I didn't, but it turned out to be cocaine, and after that night I became an addict." Jay paused to take another breath to stop him from getting emotional. "Lola stopped me from seeing Lexi and I spiralled out of control, I lost my job, my flat, everything." Abi grabbed his hand a squeezed it tight. "Phil took me in, he paid for me to go to a private rehab clinic and when I came home he gave me my job back." Jay looked over at Abi who looked worried and slightly scared, "Please Abi, don't treat me like I'm different, I promise you I've been clean for nearly a year, I would never think about touching the stuff again, it's vile and disgusting and I hate it now, please believe me" He said as a tear ran slowly down his face, Abi embraced him in a hug and said.

"I don't see you as being different, I see you as being brave" She pulled away and gave him a kiss on his cheek, Jay closed his eyes and cherished it before she sat back down and rested her head against his shoulder again.

"I'm just glad that you lived your dreams, you have a good life minus that repulsive husband you have, you're a vet, you have amazing house and plus our beautiful son. Shame William took it all for granted, but I'm here now, and I will look after you both, because I love you…and I want to be with you, forever." He paused to take in what he'd just said and asked, "Can I ask you a question…do you love me Abi?" He looked down at his ex-girlfriend who had her eyes closed and was peacefully asleep against his shoulder. He sighed, grabbed a blanket from the side of the sofa and wrapped it around the two of them before falling asleep with his head resting on top of hers…

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